Help me give my students access to two more classroom hydroponic Flex Farm systems from Fork Farms as students are learning to grow healthy greens for the community is an exciting, innovative and sustainable way!
$12,651 goal
This project expired on November 3, 2023.
This project expired on November 3, 2023.
My Project
Having a hydroponic system in the classroom is helping students understand how to embrace new technology and solve problems with big ideas in a local space without having the green space outside of our school building. Students have been learning how to harvest and grow leafy greens right in the classroom. We were able to donate bags of fresh leafy greens to a local shelter in our school community.
Over the last two years, I’ve been able to bring the in-classroom garden experience to our Bancroft students showing students how to grow and harvest food, including fresh leafy greens, in an innovative, exciting and sustainable way.
Your donations for this project will help bring two more additional Flex Farm Hydroponic Systems to our classroom.
It is with also extreme appreciation that I share my gratitude to the I Could Do Great Things Foundation for their generous grant and their commitment to providing opportunities to our youth in the City of Wilmington. With their generous support, I was able to bring many hands-on materials to my classroom over the last two years, including our very own Classroom Hydroponics System from Fork Farms. The first year of the grant I worked with my 4th graders at the Bancroft School and students brought their first ever harvest of fresh leafy greens, including lettuce and Bok Choy to life. With the second year of the grant, more materials were delivered to our school and we now have in addition to our Fork Farms Classroom Hydroponic System we have two vegetable towers. This past year, I moved to our middle school program and my 6th graders in my science classroom teamed up with our 1st grade buddy classroom and together they grew fresh greens for the community.
More than half of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
500 students impacted
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